Give Your Brain A Holiday

World Mental Health Day: Turning lived experience into better conversations about depression 

October 09, 2026

Everyone’s mental health journey is unique, but the experience of navigating difficult questions about support and treatment is common.  You know something isn’t right but don’t know where to begin. Often the journey begins with a conversation with a health care provider and having access to clear, reliable information can help make that conversation a […]

Better Brain Health Starts at Work: What We Learned from the TruSelf Challenge

September 29, 2026

A five-day challenge. A simple question. And an opportunity to rethink how we support brain health at work.  In celebration of World Brain Day (July 22), the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) partnered with MOBIO Interactive, an OBI portfolio company, to launch TruSelf, a five-day brain health challenge designed to help people better understand their stress.  […]

Brain, Gut, and Beyond: Unlocking the Science of the Brain-Gut Axis

September 12, 2025

What happens when the brain and the gut talk to each other? Our expert panelists, alongside moderator Dr. Olivia Ghosh-Swaby, gathered to explore this question and many others at OBI’s 2025-26 Breakthroughs in Brain Science series kickoff. Featured Panelists: Professor, Division of Gastroenterology at the Department of Medicine at McMaster University, and Member of the […]